Newfoundfreedom

Never heard of it. In other news, nowt wrong with Wetherspoons. I used to be a mobile worker, working in different places all over the UK from one week to the next, which meant eating out every night. We would always head for the closest Whethies whenever possible. A meal and a pint for 5 or 6 quid and no loud music or screaming kids area. Can't beat that!

I saw him live at a local theatre a few years ago. Having absolutely no interest having being dragged along by the wife, and thinking I wouldn't even know any of the songs. I have to say I had a thoroughly good evening and knew many more of the songs than I thought I would.

That's the Mail's top tier journalism in action. A none story which has no relation to all the sh#t that's going on in the world. Often quoting an unnamed source (i.e invented) then five paragraphs of Ethel from Tyneside said on Twitter, "I blame all the immigrants" Edit: Other news providers are available, but they're all pretty much as bad as each other. They just blame different parties or social groups.

Only if you're Spiderman. 😋

Does that come with a free house to put it in? Bargain!

The best thing about it was Happy Jack's little Spiderman avatar dancing along in time. 😂

First of all it's the Daily Fail. I wouldn't wipe my @rse on that disgusting rag. Secondly, you have to feel for the guy. To try and reclaim some sort of normal life after being in a band reaching that level of fame has to be a nightmare. I can't say I blame the guy for shutting himself off from the world. I do the same wherever possible, and I don't even get recognised by my own Mum half the time.

Now I have to visit the Daily Moron website to view the article. Must remember to clear my browser history afterwards. If anyone looks I don't want them seeing that there amongst my other perfectly acceptable foot fetish and midget porn websites. Could you imagine the embarrassment?

Maybe it would help if you posted a snippet or a link to some of the songs on your first album, so people have some idea of what they're buying into?

Meh!

My Sub Zero (Gear4Music own brand) semi. I picked it up as B stock from gear4music's eBay page for an absolute steal at £100. When it turned up it was brand new, still in the packaging, and I can't for the life of me figure out why they sold it as B stock, but who am I to complain. It's an absolute dream to play and, to me at least, looks and sounds amazing considering the price point (around £200). If anything happened to it I'd happily pay the full price for another.

I'll be honest. Until I couple of months ago when I came across Scotts bass lessons on YouTube, I'd never heard of Jacko. I had to Google the name just to find out who everyone was talking about. Even now I've never heard him play and wouldn't know who he was if I fell over him.

So is this something that comes from experience, or is it some kind of natural talent? I'm a born again bass player having played many years ago in a school band, and recently having taken up playing again in my 40's. Now back then we didn't have forums like this (we didn't even have the internet) I just learned to play using tab books or following the guitarist. Now many years on, reading this forum you constantly hear phrases such as ' that's a classic P bass sound" or that's definitely a jazz bass, or music Man, or Rickenbacker, it whatever. Or, I use this amp because it gives me this tone, and I use this cab because it gives me that tone. I'll be honest. Listening to songs and in " the mix " the vast majority of time I can't tell the difference. Bass is just bass. Now obviously, there's a difference between sounding good and sounding bad (playing ability aside) but apart from that, it all sounds much the same to me. Am I missing certain brain cells? To me, (inexperienced though I might be) timing and "groove" are far more important factors then the ever elusive "tone", which seems to be very much subjective anyway. Or am I just missing something?

Only a grand! I'll have two.

In my case it's definitely down to me being the only one in the band with a rehearsal space. 😂

Stop it! No more basses! No more basses! Just no! How much is it again? I'd actually be saving money if I bought that.

Maybe sexual favours?

Do guitarists go through all this sh#t? In my (somewhat limited) experience. Most will upgrade until they can afford their ultimate rig, and then pretty much stick with it (pedal fetish aside). It's only bass players who get to that point, then sell up and start all over again. 😂

Wasn't this already posted a few days ago, or do I have deja vu?

£1000+ for a Fender. Who's the mug? For the record I don't own a HB. I was just using it as an example of a perfectly serviceable cheap guitar. I wish they were around 30 years ago when I started playing, when you would pay at least twice that amount for an absolute pile of sh#t. My point being, that technology and manufacturing has moved on massively in the past few decades, and good instruments can and are now produced at a much lower cost. Does a 2 grand Fender sound any better than a £200 made in China bass? I bet 99% of the audience wouldn't know the difference.

I have the Behringer BX3000T head and a 2x10 Behringer (Bugera) cab and they sound absolutely awesome! On paper it's a 300w head going into a 600w cab, but it's loud enough to blow the doors off. Certainly loud enough to keep up with 2 guitarists and a drummer in any gig were ever likely to do I'd love a Veyron head if I had the funds. The reviews are excellent. But sadly they'll never get the recognition they deserve because of the stubbornly persistent mindset certain musicians have, that you have to spend big money to sound good. To that I say b#ll#cks!

I realize beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but to me Fender guitars are, always were, and always will be ugly as sin. OK, admittedly they are "the" bass sound in so much as their share of real estate in recorded music. But that's just down to being in the right place at the right time and therefore being desirable because people want to emulate a certain sound. I would even go so far as to say some cheap Chinese manufactured guitars these days are actually better than Fenders. Of course that would never be an accepted point of view for "musicians" who are convinced that spending thousands make them sound better. A £200 Harley Benton in the right hands can sound as good, if not better than any Fender ever made. (Ooh, controversial!)

I could see myself playing that. (get it?)